April 2022 - News Articles

SC&I is exciting, dynamic, and forward-looking. It has outstanding faculty doing leading-edge and creative research across various topic areas drawing on different theoretical perspectives. It has a history of theoretical and methodological innovation, and as a professional school, it has taught the leaders of various fields.

Rutgers University names Professor of Communication Itzhak Yanovitzky a recipient of a Faculty Scholar-Teacher Award for the academic year 2021-2022. This award honors tenured faculty members who have made outstanding synergistic contributions in research and teaching.

Large majority also believe someone having a behavioral health crisis should be treated first by a health-care provider or crisis counselor, not law enforcement.

Gailliard, who initially joined SC&I in 2012 as assistant professor of Communication, returns as the first person to hold this new position, created to benefit faculty, students, and staff and contribute to DEI initiatives across Rutgers University and beyond.

Assistant Professor Kiran Garimella and his co-authors have developed new techniques to enable administrators of WhatsApp public groups to monitor junk senders without violating the privacy policies WhatsApp has established for their users.

Here we are, at the culmination of several weeks of effort... *Drum roll, please* The all-important first draft! This is the deliverable that, if you've been following the series, we have been working towards from the start.

In our Q&A, Tsakonas describes the ways the JMS major has prepared him for his internships and jobs in the sports media field, and how he will use these experiences to continue his career in sports journalism post-graduation in May.

Hayley Slusser (SC&I ’22) is the former editor-in-chief of The Daily Targum.

“The MCM provides you with world-class learning and helps prepare you to achieve and succeed at your dream job. This program helped me be the best version of myself,” said Nick Yacenko MCM’21, COM’20.

Violeta Yas JMS‘07, recently joined Storm Team 4 as a meteorologist at NBC 4 New York. Previously, she was the chief meteorologist at Telemundo62 in Philadelphia. Read our Q&A with her to learn about her exciting career, how she uses the education she received at SC&I every day on the job, and the children’s book about meteorology she translated into Spanish.

Rutgers University-New Brunswick students will participate in SC&I’s annual public speaking competition later this month. This year’s contest theme is “Find Your Voice.”

Beal, assistant professor of professional practice in Communication, said his new book features insights and advice from more than 60 Gen Zers, ages 22-26, for marketers and employers.

Higher education is by nature an environment that is vulnerable to crisis and at the same time is a setting that makes clear the importance and effectiveness of values-based crisis leadership, according to a new study by Part-Time Faculty Member Ralph Gigliotti Ph.D.’17, who is director of the Rutgers Center for Organizational Leadership.

Suchan, who landed a role as a guest star on "Grey’s Anatomy", discusses the most motivating aspects of her career as an actress and as the Executive Assistant to the showrunner of ABC’s "Grey’s Anatomy" & "Station 19," and how the education she received at SC&I has helped her succeed.

As Interim Dean, Dr. Lemish will replace Dean Jonathan Potter, who earlier this year announced his decision to step down from his administrative role and duties, effective June 30, 2022.

Faculty members Kaitlin Costello, Vikki Katz, and Charles Senteio have received tenure-track promotions, the Rutgers Board of Governors announced today.

Garimella’s project, “A System for Fact-Checking WhatsApp Content from Diaspora Communities” aims to develop a web-based monitoring system for WhatsApp tailored towards the needs of immigrant communities in the U.S.

Large majority also believe someone having a behavioral health crisis should be treated first by a health care provider or crisis counselor, not law enforcement

A new book examines the impact the media are having on the lives of children during the COVID-19 pandemic, including children from populations that have rarely been studied before, and presents advice for media professionals as well as new findings for scholars.

Associate Professor of Library and Information Science Ross J. Todd, an expert on the interconnectedness of people, information, and knowledge, and the transformative role of school libraries in the 21st century, died on March 30, 2022.